The small battery capacities of the mobile robot and the un-optimized planning efficiency of
the industrial robot bottlenecked the time efficiency and productivity rate of coverage tasks in …

Service robots are built and developed for various applications to support humans as
companion, caretaker, or domestic support. As the number of elderly people grows, service …

Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies have been widely used to fabricate three-
dimensional (3D) objects quickly and cost-effectively. However, building parts consisting of …

Redundant manipulators play a critical role in industry and academia, which can be
controlled from the kinematic or dynamic perspective. The motion-force control of redundant …

Extrusion-based additive manufacturing (AM), also known as fused deposition modeling
(FDM) extrudes filaments through a heated nozzle and builds a part layer-by-layer. Using a …

This work presents a table cleaning and inspection method using a Human Support Robot
(HSR) which can operate in a typical food court setting. The HSR is able to perform a …

In this paper, a multi-level simultaneous minimization (MLSM) scheme is proposed and
investigated to remedy the joint-angle drift (JAD) and non-zero final joint-velocity (NZFJV) …

Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies have been widely used to fabricate 3D objects
quickly and cost-effectively. However, building parts consisting of complex geometries with …

Mobile manipulators that combine base mobility with the dexterity of an articulated
manipulator have gained popularity in numerous applications ranging from manufacturing …

The use of robots has significantly increased to fight highly contagious diseases like SARS-
COV-2, Ebola, MERS, and others. One of the important applications of robots to fight such …